Bot Farm (ботоферма)

Origin and Year: Ukraine, 2023	Director: Taras Dron
Runnning time: 2 x 50 min

World premiere

At the beginning of this story, Anton is a talented but fairly ordinary presenter at a small radio station. When his grandfather falls ill, he decides to leave for a career in Kyiv to pay for his operation. He soon becomes an employee of a shady business, where he manages to rise up the ranks and become its face. In the process, however, he becomes someone completely different from who he originally wanted to be. Bot Farm is a coming-of-age story, a brilliantly told fairy tale set in present-day Ukraine, and a thriller, all in one. In a story for the whole family, it looks at the phenomenon of the spread of disinformation, hybrid warfare and social inequality in Europe today.

Q&A’s after the screening with screenwriter Valentina Rudenko and general producer Victoria Gorenstein.